Automatic self-adjusting trousers hanger and creaser



Oct. 21, 1941. E. HEGEDUS 2,259,692

'UTOMATICSELF-ADJUSTING TROUSERS HANGER AND CREASER Filed Feb. 19, 1940 /1/5 A'ITORNEY.

Patented ct. 21,

AUTOMATIC SELF-iinrus'rumA 'TROUSERS GER ANDCREASER Emery Elkins YolflQN. Y.-l

Applicationuiebruary15;'1940,`SerialNo.f319,625lg f i a.' u

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This invention relates trousers hangers, and

has for its main object tdprovide a device of v this character operating onanovel principle and being more efiicient, more reliabl' and'quicker iny I action than the devicesnow in use`for such p i'irf;I

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trousers hanger of the characterz 'mentioned,

which will automatically catch? andv hold the trousers and which will be self-adjusting1to.dif ferent widths of trousers. 1 y v Still a further object of my invention islto provide a trousers hanger as characterized hereinbefore, which will be adaptedto engageythe usualcrease in the trousers and ipre'serveand also as a.

restore it, so that the hanger may act` creaser for the trousers.

other objects of this invention winne-app;

ent as the specication of the samelproceeds;

and among others I may mentionito provide trousers hangers and creasers ofl the'` typezrnen tioned, which will be simple in constructiominexpensive to manufacture, easy touse, an'ddu'r.-`

able. 1

In the drawing forming apart of .this specication and accompanying the same:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my trousers hanger and creaser in an inoperative resting position;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 shows the upper portion of trousers susl pended on my device;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View, the section being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, construction 'ofl the trousers shown being simplified and made more or less diagrammatic, the top layer of material at the cuffs and the seams having been omitted from Fig. 4 for the sake of simplicity and clearness;

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary details indicating the adjustmenil of a coil spring used in my dev1ce;

Fig. 'l is a fragmentary section on an enlarged scale showing one element of my device inserted in one end of a trouser, the section being the same asin Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail by characters of reference, my trousers hanger and creaser is generally indicated by the numeral I and is composed of threemain elements, namely, a central relatively stationary hook device proper II, a link mechanism I2 at the lower Another object of this invention* tofprovide a its upper end, whereby 4the trousers hanger and y creaser may be suspended from a bar in a closet lor fromr any appropriate element, as usual. Hook Il is continued in a stem` I5, the lower'- end of which is made fiat and wide, as at I6.'A

Q A right hand and a. left hand arm, insha., is,

respectively, are pivoted' at the lowerend of the AL siidable e1ement-.2nisjarranged onrtniowe part ISU. of the stemI ;'s'a'id elementv being-.ricom- 1 posed of a transversev platefZ I, aprojecting upper ear 22, and a lower e231?, @3,4m kthe centerthereon fsaidfears having appropriatev regis'tllg holes through whichthe stem portio'n lia passes,

by tight fitting rubber sleeves 33.

Vwhereby the plate 2liV 'may slide upwardlyl or downwardly on the stem I5.

Leftwhnand and rightjhand 11d- 25,respectively, are arranged between the asliding-"element -20 and the respective -l'eft hand` dfright, hand Iarms I8- andf1, upper and lower l viii/ots@Miami 2I beingarrangedbetween theV lsaidllink'members, the sliding element 20, and

the-arms I1 and- I8, respectively;y "Adown hanging pivoted double fork member 2B is arranged at the outerend of, each-.arm I1 and I8, said double forkmenibergbeing formed of two -inner branches 2,9 secured to 'one another as by welding, riveting,l etc., and tWoouter branches 30, the respective branches being connected by the curved upper portions 31,01' preferably being made of one integral bent metal piece. each. 'I'he lower endsoftheinner branch 29 are` somewhat separated, and the `outer ends of the respectivearms I'I and I8` arepivotedly arranged thereon, as indicated at 32. 'The outer branches 30 are covered most of their lengths The coil spring I3` is arranged `between the upper plate 22 on the sliding member 2,0 and va. pin 34 secured into the stem I5, one of the upper coils of the springjl3 engaging the pin 34;

The use and Voperation of my device is'practically obvious from the drawing and from-the herein descriptiombut I want to oier the'following remarkstofmore clearly explain thev same:

when ings desiredrm use my device and-to secure a pair of trousers thereon, the two zarms I1 and I8 thereof will be swung upwardly, as'indiend of said hook device, and a coil spring I3 cated'by the arrows Ha andr'la, and my Vdevice will assume the position .as 'generally indicated in Fig. 3. i

In that position, spring I3 will be compressed to a desired degree, depending on the amount of upward swing for the arms I1 and I 8,.and, nathook I4 at 55 urally, spring I3 will have a strong tendencyto link members 24 push the sliding element 2l downwardly, and thereby return the arms I1 and Il to their normal, more or less horizontal position, as willbe obvious.

In the position indicated in Fig. 3, which I may call the compressed or folded position, the four branches 3l of the two swingable or pivoted outer elements 28 of my device will be inserted in the respective four creases 3l of the lower outer ends 36 of the pair of trousers 31, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and thereupon the retaining hold on the arms I1 and I3 will be released, and they will4 be swung'outwardly under the pressure of the spring I3, members 30 being tightly pressed into the respective creases and iirmly suspending the trousers on my device through said pressure and through the friction between the rubber coating 33 on the members 3|) and the material of the trousers.

When it is desired to remove the trousers from my hanger, the outer members 23 will be moved inwardly by swinging the arms I1 and I3 in an inward direction.

Normally, the spring I3 is in a set position with relation to the pin 34 on the stem I5. When it is desired to'increase the pressure of the spring and thereby of my device on the trousers, the spring I3 will be rotated and will move in a screw like movement on the pin 34 in a downward direction until it may arrive to the last of its coils. as indicated in Fig. 5. On the other hand, when it. is desired to lessen the pressure of the spring I 3, the same may be rotated in an opposite direction and will creep upwardly on the pin I5 on account of the screw action of the coils on the pin 34, as indicated in Fig. 6.

In a word, the larger the portion of the coil spring I3 placed between the sliding element 20 and the stationary pin 34, the larger will be the pressure exerted by said spring on said sliding element at a certain inclination of the'arms Il and I8 towards each other, and the smaller the portion of said spring I3 left between the sliding element 2i and the pin 34, the less will be the said pressure.

At 33 I indicate the pattern or design of the trousers which, of course, is onlyv one example thereof, and at 39, the usual seam of one of the trousers is indicated. As has been mentioned before, in Fig. 4 said seam is not shown, neither is shown the cui! 40 indicated in Fig. 3, since these elements have no bearing whatever on the invention or the clearer understanding thereof `1118 said arms to swing outwardly through the action of said link members, the ends of the arms being adapted to engage the insides of the open'ends of the trousers.

2. In a trousers hanger, as set forth in claim 1, each end of each arm having two members, each of said members being adapted to engage one crease in the outer open end of one of the trousers legs.

3. In a trousers hanger, as set forth in claim 1, two downwardly hanging pivoted blade members at each end of each arm, each blade adapted to engage a crease in the open end of one of the trousers legs.

4. In a trousers hanger, as set forth in claim 1, means to regulate the pressure of said spring.

5. In a trousers hanger, as set forth in claim 1, a stem for said hook on which said element may slide, said spring being in the form of a helical spring around said stem, a pin secured to the upper part of said stem and being engaged by the coils of said spring, said spring being made adjustable by moving the same downwardly or upwardly, by screw action between its coils and said pin, and placing a larger or smaller portion therof between said pin and said slidable elemen 6. A trousers hanger, comprising a hook device whereby to suspend the trousers on-an appropriate element, a depending stem on said hook. an expansible member at the lower end of said stem adapted to be placed into the open ends of the trousers and adapted to expand and keep said trousers stretched and frictionally engaged, a coiled spring around said stem exerting pressure on said expansible member and having the tendency to cause it t expand, a pin on said stem, said spring being adjustable by turning the same aund said stem so that its coils will ride on said p EMERY HEGEDUS. 

